Sultanate of Egypt

The Sultanate of Egypt was a protectorate of the British Empire that existed from 1914 to 1922, with Cairo serving as its capital. The sultanate was created in 1914, when the British abolished the Ottoman vassal state in Egypt, the Khedivate of Egypt, and replaced it with a British protectorate. The nationalist Wafd Party gained strength as anti-British sentiment grew among the Arabs of Egypt, and a revolution against British rule from November 1918 to July 1919 forced the British to adopt a new constitution in Egypt. On 28 February 1922, Britain unilaterally granted the new "Kingdom of Egypt" its independence.